Garment.



D. C. OSHE.

GARMENT. APPLLcATioN FILED MAY 29. 1911,

DENNIS C. OSHEA, 0F CHCAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented heb.. 5, 19M.

Application filed May 29, 1917. Serial No. 171,660.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DENNIS C. OSHEA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Garments, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garments and is fully described and explained in the specification and shown in the accompanying draw* ings, in which:V

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved garment and F ig. 2 is a section on the line 2 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, my garment will be seen to be in the form of an ordinary coat or reefer, the back 3 and sides 4: being of a suitable closely woven fabric. Materials of this character, and of the requisite warmth for use in cold Weather, are exceed ingly stiff and make it diliicult for the wearer to perform such exercises as are frequently desired. Garments of such cloth are peculiarly binding to the arms and constricting to the chest, interfering` seriously with the free play of the arms and shoul ders. ln my garment, therefore, the sleeves 5 are made of knitted material, preferably7 double. Furthermore, the front of the coat, which is made doublesbreasted, is finished with a wide margin of double knitted sweater material 6 which is continued upward to form a collar 7 of the well-known shawl type. This garment affords to the wearer several advantages. The arm action is practically as free as in a knitted garment, and the knitted front part affords a measure of elasticity which permits the shoulders to be freely moved without drawing across the chest and body. Furthermore, the elasticity and softness of the fabric furnishes a collar which clings to the neck and is much more comfortable than if it were made of woven material. At the same time the warmth and iinperviousness of a heavy woven fabric are in themain preserved so that the maximum of warmth is preserved so far as it is compatible with the necessary flexibility.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit of my invention; therefore l do not intend to limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described except as pointed out in the following claim, in which it is my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the construction as broadly as is permitted by the state of the art.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The herein-described garment having a body portion of heavy woven fabric, knitted relatively iiexible long sleeves, and a knitted relatively flexible front part, said front part being carried upward and around the neck to form a knitted shawl collar.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand this 5th day of May, 1917.

DENNS C. OSHEA.

@entre et te patent :u 'te obtained tor ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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